PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gerado Galuppo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oscar De La Hoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De La Hoya is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Manhattan by Kings of Leon. Oscar De La Hoya will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Galuppo
vs
De La Hoya

190 cm
18
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
18
147 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Valhalla Q160 Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gerado Galuppo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Oscar De La Hoya!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Hoya throws a series of punches but Galuppo moves out of range.
A combination from De La Hoya does no damage.
Galuppo avoids the body shot from De La Hoya.
De La Hoya misses with an uppercut. Galuppo saw that one coming.
Galuppo looks to score with a jab to the body but De La Hoya is just out of range.
Galuppo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A left lands for Galuppo.
De La Hoya walks into a stiff left hand from Galuppo.
Some wild striking there from De La Hoya.
Galuppo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. De La Hoya looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
De La Hoya's corner calls for a 1-2. De La Hoya obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Galuppo just misses with a punch to the body.
De La Hoya displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Galuppo throws out the jab.
Galuppo displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
De La Hoya misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Galuppo throws a big shot that misses.
De La Hoya rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Galuppo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
De La Hoya slips a straight right by Galuppo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Hoya lands an overhand right.
De La Hoya jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Galuppo tries to close the distance and clinch but De La Hoya swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Galuppo catches De La Hoya with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
De La Hoya connects with a crisp jab.
De La Hoya throws a hook to the side of Galuppo's head but Galuppo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

De La Hoya tries to keep at a distance but Galuppo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Galuppo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Galuppo misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De La Hoya.
Galuppo stalling the fight.
De La Hoya tries to stall but Galuppo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Galuppo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Galuppo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
De La Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Galuppo misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Galuppo fails to land.
Galuppo stalling.

Galuppo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
De La Hoya misses with an uppercut. Galuppo saw that one coming.
De La Hoya scores with a sloppy right hand. Galuppo should have avoided that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Galuppo fails with an attempt to clinch.
De La Hoya missing with a left hand there. Galuppo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Galuppo avoids a punch combination nicely.
De La Hoya swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Galuppo looks to land a right hand but De La Hoya moved out of range.
De La Hoya misses with a low kick.
Galuppo scores with a crisp jab that stopped De La Hoya in his tracks.
Galuppo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De La Hoya.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Hoya tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Galuppo was well out of range. Poor timing from De La Hoya.
De La Hoya throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
De La Hoya scores with a jab.
Galuppo just misses with a punch to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Galuppo keeps control of De La Hoya as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De La Hoya misses with a body punch.
Galuppo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De La Hoya misses with a hook from the clinch.
De La Hoya stalling in the clinch but Galuppo improves position.
De La Hoya pushes Galuppo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
De La Hoya slowing the pace effectively.
De La Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Galuppo backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De La Hoya creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Galuppo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Galuppo tries to circle away but De La Hoya has him pinned against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

De La Hoya breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
De La Hoya throws a shot from downtown. Galuppo moves away and avoids it.
De La Hoya throws a looping overhand right but Galuppo ducks down to avoid it.
Galuppo swinging wildly here.
De La Hoya misses with a jab, cross combination.
Galuppo slips a jab and a cross from De La Hoya.
Galuppo swings for the body but De La Hoya moves out of range.
De La Hoya uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Galuppo.
Galuppo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Galuppo just misses with a punch to the body.
Galuppo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De La Hoya.
De La Hoya staying out of range there.
De La Hoya might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
De La Hoya throws a right hand that Galuppo ducks under and follows up with a left that Galuppo also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Oscar De La Hoya will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Galuppo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between De La Hoya's hands.
Galuppo throws a left and a right that both miss
and De La Hoya counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Galuppo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Galuppo tries to close the distance and clinch but De La Hoya swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De La Hoya swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Galuppo.
De La Hoya lands a body shot.
Galuppo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sloppy strikes from De La Hoya. Those never looked like landing.
De La Hoya lands an overhand right.
De La Hoya lands with an overhand left.
De La Hoya just misses with a punch to the body.
A leg kick checked by Galuppo.
De La Hoya lands a jab to the nose.
Galuppo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De La Hoya paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Galuppo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
De La Hoya throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Galuppo clinches.
A short right from Galuppo on the inside.
De La Hoya has a couple of punches blocked by Galuppo.
De La Hoya is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Galuppo pulls him back up using the underhooks.
De La Hoya trying to stall but Galuppo improves his position.
Galuppo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Galuppo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Galuppo has De La Hoya pushed against the cage.
A short right from Galuppo.
A short right from De La Hoya on the inside.
Galuppo lands a left hand.
De La Hoya misses with a body punch.
De La Hoya is trying to push Galuppo away but Galuppo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

De La Hoya breaks from the clinch.
Galuppo digs a good body shot into De La Hoya's ribs.
Galuppo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De La Hoya.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galuppo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
De La Hoya keeps the fight on the outside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Galuppo throws a shot from downtown. De La Hoya moves away and avoids it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Galuppo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between De La Hoya's hands.
De La Hoya swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
De La Hoya throws a jab but it's blocked by Galuppo.

Galuppo moves into the clinch.
De La Hoya tries for a takedown but Galuppo manages to get underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De La Hoya.
De La Hoya jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Galuppo walks away with a smile on his face. De La Hoya gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Gerado Galuppo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oscar De La Hoya.
Galuppo cracks a nice hook into De La Hoya's ribs.
De La Hoya looks to score with a jab to the body but Galuppo is just out of range.
Galuppo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De La Hoya moves away.
De La Hoya circles away from the clinch attempt.
Galuppo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galuppo tries to bum rush De La Hoya with a series of wild strikes but De La Hoya uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
De La Hoya doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Galuppo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De La Hoya paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Galuppo throws a shot from downtown. De La Hoya moves away and avoids it.
De La Hoya throws a looping overhand right but Galuppo ducks down to avoid it.
Galuppo getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Galuppo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Galuppo blocks a jab.
De La Hoya throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Galuppo misses with a double jab.
Galuppo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Galuppo tests De La Hoya's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Galuppo tries to close the distance and clinch up but De La Hoya swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Galuppo blocks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Galuppo finds it's target.
No joy there for De La Hoya, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Galuppo scores with a shot to the body.
De La Hoya on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Galuppo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
De La Hoya ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Galuppo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Galuppo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by De La Hoya.
De La Hoya takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A decent looking cross lands there for De La Hoya.
De La Hoya misses with a body shot.
No joy there for Galuppo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Galuppo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Galuppo blocks a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerado Galuppo dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Good standup being displayed there by Galuppo as he connects with a hook.
Galuppo tries to clinch up but De La Hoya circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice defenses there by Galuppo.
Galuppo throws out a loose jab but De La Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
De La Hoya ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
De La Hoya lands a nice hook to Galuppo's body. Galuppo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Galuppo cracks a nice hook into De La Hoya's ribs.
Galuppo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
De La Hoya is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Galuppo.
De La Hoya jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fighters circle momentarily. Galuppo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Galuppo throws a jab but it's blocked by De La Hoya.
Galuppo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Galuppo clinches.
A right hand to the body from Galuppo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galuppo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of De La Hoya backwards.
De La Hoya tries for a takedown. No joy.
De La Hoya looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Galuppo tries to work over De La Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De La Hoya tries a body shot but Galuppo blocks it.
Gerado Galuppo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Galuppo controlling the action here for a moment.

Galuppo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De La Hoya looks to score with a jab to the body but Galuppo is just out of range.
Galuppo misses with a double jab
and De La Hoya counters with a nice body shot.
Gerado Galuppo is winning the standup battle so far.

Galuppo clinches up against the cage.
Galuppo has a couple of punches blocked by De La Hoya.
Galuppo throws a punch but it's blocked by De La Hoya.
A head punch on the inside from De La Hoya fails to land.
De La Hoya effectively controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galuppo throws a punch but it's blocked by De La Hoya.
De La Hoya goes for a takedown attempt but Galuppo pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Galuppo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Galuppo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De La Hoya.
Galuppo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De La Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Galuppo.
De La Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Galuppo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Galuppo tries to clinch there but De La Hoya circles away.
Galuppo misses with a wild combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Galuppo dodges the punch combination from De La Hoya.
Galuppo throws a right and a left that De La Hoya avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Hoya avoids the body shot from Galuppo.
De La Hoya throws an off balance right hand
and Galuppo counters with a stiff right hand.
Galuppo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as De La Hoya throws out the jab.
De La Hoya darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
De La Hoya throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
De La Hoya slips a straight right by Galuppo.
De La Hoya throws a lazy right hand but Galuppo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Galuppo moves out of range as De La Hoya strikes.
Galuppo throws a right and a left that De La Hoya avoids nicely.
De La Hoya connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Galuppo's hands.
A punch combination from Galuppo misses.
Danga de danga de dang - De La Hoya scores with a four punch combination!
De La Hoya throws a hook to the side of Galuppo's head but Galuppo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Hoya throws a leg kick but Galuppo moved away.
De La Hoya fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gerado Galuppo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De La Hoya takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Galuppo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De La Hoya moves away.
A jab lands there for Galuppo.
De La Hoya tries to bum rush Galuppo with a series of wild strikes but Galuppo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Galuppo tries to clinch up but De La Hoya circles away and keeps his distance.
Galuppo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A jab from Galuppo misses.
De La Hoya walks into a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Galuppo lands with a hook. De La Hoya tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Galuppo misses with a wild combination.
Nice uppercut lands for De La Hoya. That snapped Galuppo's head back.
Galuppo loads up on a big right hand but De La Hoya slips the punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gerado Galuppo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Galuppo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gerado Galuppo!